The dangers of eating Fruit Loops

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    I wonder how I survived past childhood....
  • raelynnsmama52512
    raelynnsmama52512 Posts: 1,184 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    I wonder how I survived past childhood....

    You special snowflake, you! :wink:
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    I wonder how I survived past childhood....

    You special snowflake, you! :wink:

    I knew it! It just has to be true! There's no other explanation!
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    The author is a "certified iridologist." Iridology is quack medicine/woo that believes you can tell about a person's health/illnesses by looking at their irises. Yeah, not going to believe anything she writes.
  • raelynnsmama52512
    raelynnsmama52512 Posts: 1,184 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    I wonder how I survived past childhood....

    You special snowflake, you! :wink:

    I knew it! It just has to be true! There's no other explanation!

    :laugh:
    I'm just waiting to see what the Friday thread will be. It's going to have to be especially ridiculous after the threads from the past few days!
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    shell1005 wrote: »
    I am sorry, but this is just stupid sauce. Fruit loops are killing kids? That is just an overly dramatic claim.

    I don't know who would pick it up and think it is healthy. It's a sugary cereal. It's not Grape Nuts.

    If kids ate it in moderation, it's fine. If adults eat it in moderation, it's fine.

    Mind boggling. I ate fruit loops on occasion as a child, I in fact did not die. I also eat Cookie Crisps sometimes. I eat Lucky Charms sometimes. It's amazing I survived childhood.

    I'm still alive. How did that happen?

    I read the headline and then clicked out. I knew I wasn't ready for that level of derp.

  • Tikibar72
    Tikibar72 Posts: 93 Member
    The only danger I've encountered in eating 'Loops has been wanting another bowl.
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    Mmm I am more of a Lucky Charms girl myself. But yeah, what a load of nonsense - no food is “garbage". Nothing wrong with cereal and I love having a bowl as a snack. Sheesh.
  • Neversettle78
    Neversettle78 Posts: 206 Member
    kalbo798 wrote: »
    It's funny how the answer to these garbage foods with little to no redeeming nutritive value is always moderation. Well gee, if 70% of the country is overweight or obese obviously the moderation message isn't reaching the masses. The solution to avoiding addictive garbage isn't not to buy it. No that's far to simple. The solution then, according to MFP users, is to ingest garbage in smaller increments, that way everything will work out just fine!

    You should pay closer attention to the profiles of the people who claim moderation is the key....they are usually (not always, but usually) the ones with the most success.
    (btw, I practice moderation...I had pizza for breakfast today)

  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member

    My IQ dropped 20 points from watching that.

  • daydreams_of_pretty
    daydreams_of_pretty Posts: 506 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Mmm I am more of a Lucky Charms girl myself. But yeah, what a load of nonsense - no food is “garbage". Nothing wrong with cereal and I love having a bowl as a snack. Sheesh.

    This post just made me want Lucky Charms. :p
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    My son is sensitive to dyes. He's sent off the wall for days after eating too much artificial dyes.

    But I'd be more likely to kill him than the cereal (Yes, I'm kidding, no, I would never kill my child - in case my sarcasm font isn't working today).
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Mmm I am more of a Lucky Charms girl myself. But yeah, what a load of nonsense - no food is “garbage". Nothing wrong with cereal and I love having a bowl as a snack. Sheesh.

    This post just made me want Lucky Charms. :p

    Sorry not sorry? They’re so good, right? And fun! I love the colourful marshmallow bits! They just make me smile. :blush:
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Am I the only one who saw these and closed the link?
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  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    edited June 2015
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    Froot Loops with icing! :*
  • kxbrown27
    kxbrown27 Posts: 769 Member
    If someone wants to write an article about the dangers of a particular cereal, they should interview the roof of my mouth about what Cap'n Crunch did to it when I was 12. Brutality I tell you. Brutality.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    kxbrown27 wrote: »
    If someone wants to write an article about the dangers of a particular cereal, they should interview the roof of my mouth about what Cap'n Crunch did to it when I was 12. Brutality I tell you. Brutality.

    I had some last week and am still feeling it.
  • amphilion
    amphilion Posts: 89 Member
    Tikibar72 wrote: »
    The only danger I've encountered in eating 'Loops has been wanting another bowl.

    So true. Favorite childhood cereal. I still buy them, and once in a while I'll have a bowl. My boyfriend loves them, and my niece calles them the colored cereal :)
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    can I get back the five minutes of my life I spent reading that...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Rukia_K wrote: »
    Sad but true :/ Most of the cereals pushed at kids, even the supposedly healthy ones, are full of various sugars (refined/cane/molasses/honey/agave/coconut blossom etc etc)
    The manufacturers bang on about added vitamins/minerals thereby confusing parents with their mumbo-jumbo about vitamin/mineral deficiencies and therefore promote cereals as a substitute for a healthy diet.

    so what? I ate coco puffs daily when I was a kid and I came out fine.


  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    kalbo798 wrote: »
    It's funny how the answer to these garbage foods with little to no redeeming nutritive value is always moderation. Well gee, if 70% of the country is overweight or obese obviously the moderation message isn't reaching the masses. The solution to avoiding addictive garbage isn't not to buy it. No that's far to simple. The solution then, according to MFP users, is to ingest garbage in smaller increments, that way everything will work out just fine!

    please explain how fruit loops are addictive....
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    kalbo798 wrote: »
    It's funny how the answer to these garbage foods with little to no redeeming nutritive value is always moderation. Well gee, if 70% of the country is overweight or obese obviously the moderation message isn't reaching the masses. The solution to avoiding addictive garbage isn't not to buy it. No that's far to simple. The solution then, according to MFP users, is to ingest garbage in smaller increments, that way everything will work out just fine!

    You should pay closer attention to the profiles of the people who claim moderation is the key....they are usually (not always, but usually) the ones with the most success.
    (btw, I practice moderation...I had pizza for breakfast today)

    Ding ding ding!
  • Kimdbro
    Kimdbro Posts: 922 Member
    Troutsy wrote: »
    I hate blog articles. I could write a blog stating the sky was green...doesn't make it true.

    This X 10000 - I've seen 'healthy' granola based cereal with just as much sugar etc. I'm so incredibly sick of all the vilification of foods, food groups, brands of food etc. Bottom line, it's not the cereal company's business to make smart decisions for what goes into Children's bellies. It's parents. Also, as an Adult, Fruit Loops are delicious and I will eat them if I want to. In moderation. Like any sane and smart human would regarding a food choice.
  • daydreams_of_pretty
    daydreams_of_pretty Posts: 506 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Mmm I am more of a Lucky Charms girl myself. But yeah, what a load of nonsense - no food is “garbage". Nothing wrong with cereal and I love having a bowl as a snack. Sheesh.

    This post just made me want Lucky Charms. :p

    Sorry not sorry? They’re so good, right? And fun! I love the colourful marshmallow bits! They just make me smile. :blush:

    The trick is to get as many marshmallows as possible to "fall" into your bowl. They should take a note from Cap'n Crunch and do an "Oops all marshmallows" version. Let's just be honest about why we're eating it :D lol!
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Mmm I am more of a Lucky Charms girl myself. But yeah, what a load of nonsense - no food is “garbage". Nothing wrong with cereal and I love having a bowl as a snack. Sheesh.

    This post just made me want Lucky Charms. :p

    Sorry not sorry? They’re so good, right? And fun! I love the colourful marshmallow bits! They just make me smile. :blush:

    The trick is to get as many marshmallows as possible to "fall" into your bowl. They should take a note from Cap'n Crunch and do an "Oops all marshmallows" version. Let's just be honest about why we're eating it :D lol!

    HAHAHA. Well, we can’t help it if gravity favours marshmallows… I love the way you think :smiley::love:
  • faegirl22
    faegirl22 Posts: 60 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Mmm I am more of a Lucky Charms girl myself. But yeah, what a load of nonsense - no food is “garbage". Nothing wrong with cereal and I love having a bowl as a snack. Sheesh.

    This post just made me want Lucky Charms. :p

    Sorry not sorry? They’re so good, right? And fun! I love the colourful marshmallow bits! They just make me smile. :blush:

    We have costco boxes of it in the pantry, my husband loves it! I'll have it for breakfast sometimes on weekends, gotta love them marshmellows!
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    It's Froot Loops. And, just like every other food, it's fine in moderation.

    Now I want a bowl of Froot Loops. Thanks a lot...
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    edited June 2015
    faegirl22 wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Mmm I am more of a Lucky Charms girl myself. But yeah, what a load of nonsense - no food is “garbage". Nothing wrong with cereal and I love having a bowl as a snack. Sheesh.

    This post just made me want Lucky Charms. :p

    Sorry not sorry? They’re so good, right? And fun! I love the colourful marshmallow bits! They just make me smile. :blush:

    We have costco boxes of it in the pantry, my husband loves it! I'll have it for breakfast sometimes on weekends, gotta love them marshmellows!

    Wooot Team Marshmallows! :smile:
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    I always preferred coco puffs over fruit loops....or capn crunch peanut butter...that was the bomb! and somehow, I am still alive....!!